Fly-by-Wireless Plane Takes to the Sky

galactic_grub writes to tell us that engineers in Portugal have built and flown a plane with no wires or mechanical connections between the major systems, only a wireless network. From the article: "Tests flights carried out in Portugal have shown that the system works well. Cristina Santos, at Minho University in Portugal, who developed the plane, says the aim is primarily to reduce weight and power requirements. 'Also, if you do not have the cables then the system is much more flexible to changes,' she says."

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Re:Holy Crap!

[dhasenan]

Two Americans are talking.

"Look at those Ukrainians, they're so corrupt that the prime minister--"
"Dubya?"
"I hate you."
"At least we're not stupid enough to elect an ape for President."
"No, but we weren't smart enough to object when he smashed all the ballots."
"You'd think someone would have done something."
"You would, wouldn't you."

Thus, Americans have no right to complain about any other nation.